Our Initiatives — UCOL in the Community

Yorb Interns to Employees

Terry Toms and Ari Hemmingsen both work full-time at Yorb, and both started as an intern during their Bachelor of ICT at UCOL.

BusinessKatherine Huynh1 December 2020Yorb - Toms and Ari

Yorb Intern

Jackie has spent 400 hours as an intern at Yorb, as part of her 3rd year Bachelor of Information & Communications Technology..

BusinessKatherine Huynh1 December 2020Yorb Intern Jackie

Nodero Limited Internship

Christopher’s main project was to make improvements to LayerTwo, a system created by Nodero.

BusinessKatherine Huynh15 October 2020Business, ICT

Whanganui High School Internship

Connor was working with teachers to fix their technical problems and I worked with students when their BYOD device had issues.

BusinessKatherine Huynh5 October 2020Business, Whanganui High School

FMG Insurance Internship

Matthew helped the FMG Software Development Team achieve their goal of building a prototype QnA Artificial Intelligence Chatbot.

BusinessKatherine Huynh5 October 2020Business, FMG insurance

Toyota Apprentice Technician

Holly Antrobus started working as an Apprentice Technician at Manawatu & TRC Toyota in Feilding.

Trades, InitiativesKatherine Huynh30 June 2020Toyota Apprenticeship

Just Zilch Volunteering

Nadia Healey, a Social and Community Services student at UCOL, is proud to be one of Just Zlich volunteers.

Health, InitiativesKatherine Huynh30 June 2020Just Zlich

City Doctors Clinical Placement

Claudia Poor, a UCOL Bachelor of Nursing student, started her nine-week clinical placement at Palmerston North’s City Doctors in May 2020

Health, InitiativesKatherine Huynh30 June 2020City Doctor

Vet Nursing Placement

Natasha completed her study and came out with approximately 320 hours of placements learning & experience.

Initiatives, HealthKatherine Huynh24 June 2020Natasha

Hairdressing Work Placement

Emily Playford is thrilled to be working full time as a hairdresser at Silver Scissors.

Trades, InitiativesKatherine Huynh19 June 2020Emily Playford

Silver Scissors Work Placement

Georgia says her placement helped her gain a lot of hands-on experience, and transition her into life with full-time work.

Initiatives, TradesKatherine Huynh19 June 2020Silver Scissors

Clinical Placement at Whanganui Hospital

Hannah is working in the surgical ward as part of the Whanganui District Health Board’s NETP Programme.

Health, InitiativesKatherine Huynh17 June 2020Whanganui Hospital

Laboratory technician at MedLab Central

Sahiba Kaur is working on the frontlines of New Zealand’s COVID-19 response

Health, InitiativesKatherine Huynh17 June 2020MedLab Central

Chef de Partie at The Coffee Club in Palmerston North

Trades, InitiativesKatherine Huynh17 June 2020The Coffee Club

Gaon Korean BBQ House Chef

Trades, InitiativesKatherine Huynh17 June 2020Gaon Korean

Robertson Holden International Speedway

UCOL’s Panel and Paint students have had a partnership with Robertson Holden International Speedway for four years.

Initiatives, TradesKatherine Huynh17 June 2020Robertson Holden

ICT internship at Master Business Systems, Manawatū

Suvisal Thilina worked with Master Business Systems, an IT company based in Manawatu as an intern in his final year.

Business, InitiativesKatherine Huynh15 June 2020Suvisal Thilina

Internship at MASH Trust

Moana completed her internship as part of the Bachelor of Applied Science programme with MASH Trust.

Business, InitiativesKatherine Huynh15 June 2020Moana Heremaia

Bulls & District Community Trust Internship

For her third-year internship, Heidi worked with Bulls & District Community Trust, organising events and projects to benefit the community.

Business, InitiativesKatherine Huynh15 June 2020Heidi Macauly

PNCC Road Design

Jason Gardner, a UCOL student, created the road design for the Palmerston North City Council.

Creative, InitiativesKatherine Huynh12 June 2020PNCC Road Design